OpenAI launches Dots, always-on AI assistants for multitask work

Summarised from 6 outlets · Updated 29 Sept, 19:14 · Archive

OpenAI has announced Dots, always-on AI assistants powered by its GPT-6 Astra model.

OpenAI has announced Dots, always-on AI assistants designed to work across connected apps and tackle multistep tasks in the background whilst learning user preferences over time. The company positioned Dots as its response to Meta's Muse AI. The assistants are meant to operate independently and pursue user-defined goals with minimal oversight.

How it is being reported

• OpenAI agents get rebrand - as 'dots' - while safety worries delay new modelBBC Technology · 29 Sept, 20:17
• Sam Altman unveils "dots," OpenAI's new AI personal agentCBS News · 29 Sept, 19:10
• OpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatarTechCrunch · 29 Sept, 18:17
• Dots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of themEngadget · 29 Sept, 18:15
• OpenAI launches Dots, its Muse competitorThe Verge · 29 Sept, 18:15
• OpenAI’s Dots Are Always-On AI Agents—and Its Answer to Meta’s MuseWired · 29 Sept, 18:15

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